Unfortunately for Coghlan and the Cubs, his attempt at robbing Andrew McCutchen of a two-run home run came up short in the first inning of a 4-2 loss at Pittsburgh.

Coghlan sprinted near the left field corner where McCutchen's deep drive was headed. The 6-foot Coghlan, who said he can't dunk a basketball, leaped high over the left field fence and was in line to make a spectacular catch.

But a fan sitting several rows behind the wall made contact with Coghlan's glove as the ball skipped off Coghlan's glove and the fan's raised hands for a home run that gave the Pirates a 2-0 lead.

"I used the wall," Coghlan said. "That made me look a little bit better. I had the ball, I could have caught it, but a guy got in the way.”

Coghlan didn't blame the fan for his missed attempt at catching McCutchen's drive.

"(PNC Park) is a good place to be able to rob a home run in left because the wall is not that tall," Coghlan said. "I went a couple rows deep and thought I had it, but the fan was there.If I’m the home team, I’m doing that every time. I’m not letting a guy rob (a home team player of a home run).

"I’m not on the guy at all. I just know where I was and where the ball and the glove were going to go, I would have caught it. But he had his hands higher than my glove."

Much ink and hot air have been spent clamoring for the Cubs’ future to become the Cubs’ present. Understandably, fans crave any hint of a young player who will stop this garbage. Pipe down, people. Wise up while you’re at it.